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Scott Coles: The story behind the life — and death — of the flamboyant owner of Mortgages Ltd.
By John Dickerson
Published: July 31, 2008
It was February 2, 2008, and the sun had barely set on the usually quiet streets that snake up Camelback Mountain. The bump of rapper Ludacris' music was in the air, and a line...
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Renaissance Costuming Demonstration
Published: July 31, 2008
Those crazy throwback kids in the Society for Creative Anachronism are at it again with this demo about how to properly garb English royals in the fashions of their day. (A...
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24 Hour Potty People
Porta-loo cleaners of the world unite
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: July 31, 2008
The porta-potty is an unheralded savior. Using those plastic offices of sit-down business is weird, but who else has our backs at musical festivals and other big outdoor...
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Dog Foodie
Boutique owner’s pups eat better than us
By Leslie Barton
Published: July 31, 2008
Jackie Bacha, owner of Oh My Dog Spa and Boutique, says she’ll “jump through hoops” for her dogs. To that end, she's invited private chef Bradford Hart, creator...
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Mex Master
Music for not-dumb people
By Steve Jansen
Published: July 31, 2008
A majority of today’s hip-hop is either hypersaturated with faux images, super-watered down, or dumbed down so the dummy dumb-dumbs can relate. Not so with Los Angeles...
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Minstrel Cycle
Variety show falls somewhere between church and porn
By Nina Carapetyan
Published: July 31, 2008
You’ve spent hours crawling through the Internet, laying your greasy eyeballs on porn galore. After a while, you feel disgusted with yourself and the world and realize...
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Uh, that’s bloody as in Mary
By Chris Bowman
Published: July 31, 2008
Our Sunday activities of late have been a bit repetitive. Get up early, maybe head to church. Then hit up the local Olive Garden for the seventh week in a row, followed by a...
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The Zen of Rodeo
Professional cowboys empty hearts in the arena and online
By Steve Jansen
Published: July 31, 2008
It’s amazing how many freaking blogs are truly out there. Just the other day, we stumbled upon one featuring the surprisingly emotional musings of the cowboys on the...
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The Liquidator
Murder’s cheaper than Starbucks in urban-legend short
By Steve Jansen
Published: July 31, 2008
If you lived in India during the ’90s, you could hire a hit man for the price of a cup of truck-stop coffee. Pretty funny, right? Tim Budinger, co-writer of the locally...
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Electric Bugaboo
Groove from head to toe
By Steve Jansen
Published: July 31, 2008
Why is the jazz/funk quartet The Bedbugs referred to as such? Is it because after listening to their Latin-music-soaked grooves, we’ll be wiggling our toes in a syncopated...
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Hotel Sweet
Dive into the cool new W
By Wynter Holden
Published: July 31, 2008
Craving the beach? No problem. Hop in the car, drive west for five hours, and spend a couple hundred bucks on gas just to feel the waves on your feet. Screw that! Stay here for...
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Burn Notice
Check out the hottest show in town
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: July 31, 2008
Why are we so entranced by fire? Are we mere moths pulled to its heat and light? Is it the way lapping flames create themselves from the fiery consumption of all they touch,...
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M*O*S*H
Photogs braved the pit for first-wave images
By Niamh Wallace
Published: July 31, 2008
The punk-rock ethos, if such a thing existed, hardly left room for calculated image creation. But an impressive punk iconography remains, thanks in part to the likes of Ruby...
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Midnight of the Living Dead
Final Twilight tome gets the rock-star treatment
By Steve Jansen
Published: July 31, 2008
Not many authors warrant a highly publicized book-release party. J.K. Rowling, of course, for her Harry Potter series. Possibly some of those supermarket-aisle novelists like...
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Thanks for the Mammaries
By Leslie Barton
Published: July 31, 2008
If we had the self-awareness 18 years ago that we have now, we would have dropped more blouses at wet T-shirt contests. Alas, we were young and foolish, and had no real inkling...
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Quick Draw
Meet the man of the hour
By Wynter Holden
Published: July 31, 2008
Public Enemy No. 1 isn’t George Bush, Osama Bin Laden, or Exxon/Mobil. It’s Father Time, that bothersome creep who eventually turns your hairline into the Sahara or...
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Pokémon on a Mission
Comic looks all fluffy until he strikes
By Julie Seabaugh
Published: July 31, 2008
He may look all innocent with his baby face, puppy-dog eyes, and angelic grin. Much more huggable than, say, Denis Leary. After all, just how threatening can a giggly guy who...
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Flesh Photography
MCA shows us some skin
By Nina Carapetyan
Published: July 31, 2008
Artist Connie Imboden, whose work is featured in the “Classical Illusion” exhibit, says on her Web site, “There’s nothing more repulsive or seductive than...
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Darth Mall
The dark side of shopping
By Adriane Goetz
Published: July 31, 2008
When you found your boyfriend in bed with your roommate, why did you storm out of the house and head directly to the mall? Hmmm? Do you indulge in such “retail...
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Pass the Bucs
Here’s just what the D-Backs’ doctor ordered
By Steve Jansen
Published: July 31, 2008
Living in a professional sports town whose teams range from subpar to piss-ant poor, we tend to be attracted to other equally lousy teams, if only to make us feel better about...
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